Baby-carriage body and stand therefor.



W. SIEBERT & O. N. TURNER. BABY CARRIAGE BODY AND STAND THEREFOR.

- APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 2. m5. 1,185,352. Patented May 30, 1916.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cu., WASHINGTON, D. c.

0. W. SIEBERT & 0. N. TURNER.

BABY CARRIAGE BODY AND STAND THEREFOR.

APPUCATION FILED JULY 2.1915.

1,185,352. Patented May3 0, 1916.

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OTTO W. SIEBERT AND ORA N. TURNER, OF TEMPLETON, MASSACHUSETTS; SAID TURNER ASSIGNOR TO BAY STATE METAL WHEEL COMPANY, OF TEMPLETON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BABY-CARRIAGE BODY AND STAND THEREFOR.

Application filed July 2, 1915.

a form appropriate for the purposes of a bassinet, but it must have a rigid bottom in order to be suitable as a baby-carriage body.

A bassinet body is usually, if not necessarily, made of wickerwork, the bottom as well as the walls being made of wickerwork. Bassinet bodies as hitherto constructed are not suitable for baby-carriage purposes because they lack a rigid bottom. The jouncing to which a baby-carriage body is subjected when carried by a running frame prohibits a flexible bottom such as the wickerwork bottom of a bassinet, and consequently, in order to utilize a body for the two purposes mentioned, the construction of the body must include a rigid bottom, but in other respects the body may embody the flexible wickerwork of a bassinet body.

For the purposes of the present invention the body is constructed as hereinbefore suggested; that is to say, it comprises a rigid bottom and walls of wickerwork, said walls forming a sleeping inclosure. The invention includes also a stand adapted to receive the rigid bottom of the body, and some suit able interlocking means carried respectively by the bodyand by the stand, for fastening the body upon the stand, so that the body and stand become, to all intents and purposes, a unitary structure and can be carried as such without detaching the body from the stand. At the same time, the interlocking means are capable of being adjusted to permit detaching the body from the stand so that the body maybe transferred from the stand to a running frame which has complemental interlocking means like those of the stand, whereby the body may be fastened to the running frame and utilized as the body of a baby carriage, This com- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1916.

Serial No. 37,717.

bination has many advantages, one of which is that the body may be transferred from the running frame to the stand, or vice versa, while a child is lying and possibly sleeping in the body, without disturbing the child.

Of the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention: Figure 1 represents in side elevation a stand and a body mounted thereon, one wall of the body being broken away to disclose the rigid bottom. Fig. 2 represents a top plan view of the stand included in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a bottom plan view of the body. Fig. Arepresents a side elevation'showing the body mounted upon the running frame of a baby carnage.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts wherever they occur.

The invention contemplates the combination of the body, a stand therefor, and suitable interlocking means for the purpose specified, without regard to the structural details of the stand. WVhile I have shown one form of stand suitable for the purpose, it is to be understood that the stand is capable of being embodied in other forms within the scope of the invention.

The body comprises a rigid bottom 10, side walls 11, and end walls 12, said walls being preferably made of wickerwork. For the purposes of this invention the body is preferably scow shaped and is so shown, although the invention is not dependent upon such shape. Two requisites of the body are that it shall have a rigid bottom,

and walls forming a sleeping inclosure. According to the structure shown, the end portions of the body project beyondthe ends of the bottom 10, this feature being due to-the scow'shape of the body.

The stand shown by Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a substantially rectangular platform and legs, the platform being adapted to receive the bottom 10 of the body. As shown by Fig. 2 the platform comprises two longitudinal angle bars 13 and two transverse bars 14, said bars being rigidly fastened to each other. The legs 15 are, in the present instance, connected by pivot members 16 to the downwardly bent end portions 14: of the bars 14, and are therefore adapted to fold upwardly under the platform. It is to be understood, however, that the folding ca pacity of the legs is not an essential feature of the invention. When the legs are extended for use they are held by toggle members 17, 18. The toggle members of each pair are connected to each other by pivot members 19. The toggle members 18 are connected to the bars 13 by pivot members 20, and the toggle members 17 are connected to the legs by pivot members 21. The toggle members have offset portions 17 and 18 respectively which coact with each other to limit their angular movement about the pivot members 19 and to hold the toggles in operative position as shown.

The interlocking means for fastening the body to the stand may be embodied in various forms, and while the form which I have shown is suitable for the purpose, the scope of the invention is not limited by the details thereof. Referring to Fig. 8, the rigid bottom 10 of the body is provided with four dowel pins 22 which are arranged toenter holes 23 formed in the two longitudinal bars 13 of the stand, as shown by Fig. 2. Fig. 1

shows two of the pins 22 projecting down wardly from the bottom 10 and occupying the holes 23 on one of the bars 13. These dowels and holes are sufficient to register the body with relation to the stand and to prevent relative horizontal movement of the body and stand, but in order to prevent accidental detachment of the body by vertical movement I provide the rigid bottom 10 with two fastening devices which comprise a base '21 and a swivel head 25. Devices of this kind are well known and extensively used for fastening the flaps of automobile tops. The heads 25 are substantially elliptic when viewed according to Fig. 3, and are capable of being turned so that their maj or axis may extend parallel to the length of the body, in which position they register with the elongated holes 26 formed in the bars 13 of the stand. In the course of attaching the body to the stand, after having inserted the dowel pins 22 in the holes 23 and the heads 25 through the holes 26, the body may be locked against accidental detachment by turning the heads to the position shown by Figs. 1 and 3, the heads in this position being incapable of being withdrawn from the holes 26.

When the fastening devices 25 are turned to lock the bassinet to the stand, the two latter become to all intents and purposes a unit, and are so light that they may be readily carried from place to place. The assemblage may be carried by means of the bassinet portion, the fastening devices 25 in such case supporting the stand and keeping the latter rigidly in the desired position. The folding capacity of the legs 15 is not affected when the bassinet is attached to the stand, and in some cases, for example when carrying the assemblage up or down stairs, it might be desirable to fold the legs while the stand remains attached tothe bassinet.

The running frame of a baby carriage is illustrated by Fig. 4 in order to show how the body may be mounted thereon instead of on the stand. For this purpose the running frame is provided with a platform adapted to receive the bottom 10 of the body. The platform of the running frame comprises two bars such as that indicated at 130, said bars corresponding to the bars 13 of the stand. Each bar 130 may have two holes 230 corresponding to the holes 23 of the stand, and an elongated hole 260 corresponding to the hole 26 of the stand. The dowels 22 and the swivel heads 25 of the body may therefore be inserted in the holes 230 and 260 of the running frame so that the body may be fastened to the said running frame to serve the purposes of a babycarriage body.

We claim 1. In combination, a bassinet suitable for use as a baby-carriage body, a stand having legs .and a platform supported thereby, said bassinet and platform having a plurality of dowels and dowel-receiving holes arranged to coact to prevent horizontal movement of said bassinet relatively to said platform, and means arranged to lock said bassinet to said platform to keep said dowels in said dowel-receiving holes.

2. In combination, a bassinet having a rigid bottom and a plurality of dowels carried by and extending downwardly from said bottom, a stand having legs and a substantially fiat platform, said platform having dowel-receiving oholes arranged to receive said dowels, and means arranged to lock said bottom to said platform with said dowels in said dowel-receiving holes.

In testimony whereof we have aiiixed our signatures.

OTTO W. SIEBERT. ORA N. TURNER.

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